Known mostly for her work on Eyewitness News, Mandy is also the author of Killing Kebble, My Second Initiation and Behind the Door. Her Twitter bio describes her as a journalist, tweeter, speaker, storyteller, investigator and mother.

Another Eyewitness News employee, Stephen is known for his hard hitting interviews and deep investigations. He describes himself as a politics addict and a commuter cyclist. Aside from his work with Primedia Broadcasting, he also writes for the Daily Maverick.

If you want to know anything about new technology, products or tech trends, then Aki is the person you want to be following on Twitter. Being as in touch with tech as he is, Aki was one of the first journalists on this list to start using Twitter.

An infrequent Tweeter as of late, Silber has a very interesting Twitter bio that reads, “I play with words, and sometimes work with them too, as a journalist/author/scriptwriter/speechwriter/TweetWriter.” He is one of the journalists on this list to be following the most people on Twitter and to post the most Tweets.

Editor-at-large for Tiso Blackstar Group, Bruce used to be the editor of Business Day and Financial Mail. Previously he was the Madrid, Bonn Corr & UK News Editor. In his Twitter bio he makes his sporting allegiances very clear, listing Sharks, Saracens, Pirates, Spurs and Real Madrid.

A self described “word mercenary”, Carien’s Twitter bio illustrates the creative ways of her writing. It says, “In love with the road. Married to the story. Captured by politics and Africa rising”. She recently wrote a book about Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma titled ‘Woman in the Wings’.

This eNCA journalist describes himself as a patriot and his Twitter bio emphasises his outspoken nature. It says, “Itai Dzamara and others who’ve been made to disappear for their activism are Africans too and it’s not the West that’s responsible”.

Verified account. A Beyonce fan (based on her Twitter cover photo), Gugulethu AKA Gugs is an editor, talk radio presenter and writer. The last part of her Twitter bio reads, “Dumbledore in the street. Voldemort in the sheets”.

Once labeled as The Daily Maverick’s “live-tweeting specialist”, De Wet is now the associate editor at Mail & Guardian (M&G). In his Twitter bio, he clearly states that the views expressed on the account are not those of M&G.

Current editor of the Rand Daily Mail, for Tiso BlackStar Group, Hartley is also the author of ‘The Big Fix – How South Africa Stole the 2010 World Cup and Ragged Glory’. He has just finished a book on Cyril Ramaphosa.

Boyle is a researcher, reporter, editor, analyst and commentator on politics, the economy and land rights. He previously worked as the Parliamentary Bureau Chief of Tiso Blackstar Group (when it was called Avusa). He is the journalist on this list who has the lowest number of Tweets posted.

Sports writer McCallum, is “still learning not to tweet when angry” and stresses that “all views are my own and not my employers. Except when I say something clever”. He is also known for his live tweeting of events.

Mkokeli works for Bloomberg News as a journalist covering government, political parties, power, public policy, and society. He also refers to himself as a “media freedom crusader” and is one of the people on this list with the fewest Tweets posted.

Another tech expert on this list, McLeod is the founder of and editor at Tech Central. He has also contributed to the Sunday Times and podcasts. In his Twitter bio he also describes himself as a progressive rock fan, dog lover and trail runner.

Based in New York City for Primedia Broadcasting, Neophytou is mostly known for her coverage of the entertainment sector. In her Twitter bio she describes herself as a professional name dropper, amateur marathon runner and culture on the run – literally.

Followers: 19 046

Following: 2 088

Number of Tweets: 37 794

Date joined: 23 January 2009

All data was sourced directly from Twitter and was correct as of writing.

If there is a personality that is not on this list, which you feel was overlooked, please email michael@wagthedog.co.za.

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